Flora Stieglitz Straus

1919

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up portrait of a woman's face and shoulders. She is positioned facing the camera directly, with her head slightly tilted, and her hand is raised to her cheek, resting two fingers against her face. Her facial features include deep-set eyes with prominent eyebrows, and she has medium-length hair, styled in a way that frames her face. The woman is wearing a light-colored garment. She is wearing a ring on her finger, which is visible as her hand is positioned near her face. The background is softly blurred.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (Stieglitz window mat): 23.9 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 55.8 × 45.3 cm (21 15/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.426

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    39D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    609

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 609.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 39 D

Wikidata ID

Q64034940

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Flora Stieglitz Straus was Alfred’s niece, the daughter of Leopold and Elizabeth Stieffel Stieglitz.

“The pictures of Flora—especially the large head—and Daddy—they are (especially Flora’s)—just a little bigger than they can know themselves—perhaps with moments here and there approaching themselves” (Elizabeth Davidson, daughter of Alfred’s brother Leopold, to Alfred Stieglitz, 3 October 1919 [YCAL]).

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